Chilling new details reveal how calculated neurologist, 42, 'kidnapped newborn baby from mother's bedside in hospital'

Authorities have identified the alleged kidnapper of a newborn girl as a registered neurologist, who is also a professor at two universities in Brazil.

Dr. Claudia Alves, 42, was arrested at her home Wednesday morning in Itambura, Goiás, after she allegedly duped a family into stealing their baby, before stuffing her into a backpack and escaping the hospital in the middle of the night. 

The newborn baby was reunited with her parents at a hospital later in the day.

Alves managed to abduct the baby just three hours after she was born when she walked into the parents' room at Uberlândia Federal University Hospital Clinic and identified herself as a pediatrician who was there to feed their daughter, it's alleged.

The doctor was seen on a hospital surveillance camera carrying the baby – who was covered in a blanket – and then returning to her car before she drove 83 miles to her residence in Itambura.

Dr. Claudia Alves, a registered neurologist and university professor, was arrested Wednesday morning for the abduction of a newborn girl, a little over three hours after she was born at a hospital in the southeastern Brazil state of Minas Gerais on Tuesday night 

Authorities recovered diapers and other accessories that Dr. Claudia Alves had hidden in the trunk of her car after she was arrested at her home Wednesday morning and found the newborn baby she abducted from the hospital in good health

Dr. Claudia Alves was seen on a surveillance camera carrying the newborn girl she took from her parents' room before fleeing in a car. Alves, according to the baby's father, mentioned that she was going to feed her milk after telling the mother that she didn't have milk to breastfeed her 

According to O Tempo newspaper, Alves left the baby at her home with her maid. A police unit took the baby to a local medical facility while another remained near the residence and arrested Alves when she returned.  

Isabella Inácio told Metrópoles news that the baby has a heart condition and will be requiring special care. 

Uberlândia Civil Police chief Marcos Brandão said the baby is in good health. 

'She underwent tests and is fine. There is no sign of mistreatment,' Brandão said, as quoted by Brazilian news outlet G1. 

Goiás Civil Police said Alves confessed to arresting officers that she was ill and that she was on medication.

However, Civil Police chief Anderson Pelágio told TV Anhanguera that they doubted her claims because Alves had previously purchased clothing and accessories for the baby prior to the kidnapping.

New details have revealed that Alves' car was filled with baby items - including pink clothing and changing bags filled with diapers. 

Uberlândia Civil Police chief, Marcos Brandão, FM O Tempo 91.7 radio that investigators learned of Alves' whereabouts after camera snapped her photo after she failed to pay at a highway toll booth.

Inside her home, she also had a pink baby bath, a stroller, a baby car seat, as well as formula to feed a newborn baby and pink Disney toys. 

'She bought several items for the baby, such as diapers and a stroller, which suggests that she planned the events,' the police said. 'She did not show any motivation or whether she was going to keep the baby, register it in her name or give it to a third party.' 

Alves was charged with kidnapping and faces up to eight years in prison if she is found guilty, because the victim is under the age of 18. 

Police said the newborn is in good health and 'doing fine' after she was located Wednesday morning

Surveillance video showed the suspect stepping out of a red vehicle at 11:18 pm wearing a lab coat, cap, face mask, gloves and yellow backpack as she walked towards the clinic on Tuesday.

At 11:46 pm, the woman was spotted walking next to a hospital worker with the baby stuffed in the backpack.

Nine minutes passed before security cameras showed her walking towards the car with the baby in one of her hands before speeding away.

The baby's father, Édson Ferreira, previously told the station that Alves went to their room where his daughter and his wife were recovering following the 8 pm delivery by cesarean section.

Along with the security guards, they were 'fooled' by the woman's behavior during the five minutes she spent in the room. 

Brazilian authorities believe that Dr. Claudia Alves had planned to kidnap a baby from a hospital after they discovered diapers, a stroller and other baby accessories from the trunk of her car

He recalled Alves touching his wife's breasts to check if she would be able to breastfeed her and then told her that she would be taking the girl to feed her milk.

'It's a relief just to see my daughter again,' Ferreira said. 'There's no price I can pay. May justice be served, may this woman really be arrested and this never happen to anyone else.'

On her social media networks, Alves states that she had been teaching part-time at Uberlândia Federal University since May. 

She also listed that has been a full-time professor at Goiás State University Faculty of Medicine since 2019.

Dr. Claudia Alves was arrested Wednesday for the kidnapping of a newborn baby at a hospital in Uberlândia, Brazil. Alves is also a professor at two universities 

Dr. Claudia Alves was seen on a security camera carrying the newborn girl to her car

She claimed to have obtained her medicine degree from the Uberlândia Federal University at Triângulo Mineiro in 2004 and that she did her residency in clinical medicine at the school in 2007. 

Later in 2011, Alves completed her neurology residence at the same university.

'Medicine is a rollercoaster of emotions! It has its ups and downs, its challenges and its victories, but one thing is certain: I love what I do,' She wrote on her profile.

Uberlândia Federal University Hospital Clinic is investigating the incident.